Augment injectable kit 3.0cc at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center

1111 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA · MercyOne · Nonprofit · NPI 1234567893

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$4,652.05

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$7,157.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$84.02 with MEDICAL ASSOCIATES vs $417.99 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
MEDICAL ASSOCIATES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $84.02 ↓ -98%
HEALTH CHOICES MEDICAL ASSOCIATES $84.02 ↓ -98%
AETNA DOMESTIC AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
ALLIED BENEFIT SYSTEMS AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
ASR HEALTH BENEFITS AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
CHRISTIAN BROTHER SERVICES AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
1199 NATIONAL BENEFIT FUND AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
AETNA AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
COVENTRY AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
FIRST HEALTH AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
LUCENT HEALTH AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
LUMINARE HEALTH AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
MEDICAL MUTUAL AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
MERITAIN AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
TRUSTMARK SMALL BUSINESS BENEFITS AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
WEBTPA AETNA $145.04 ↓ -97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE OPTIONS $231.98 ↓ -95%
CIGNA CIGNA $250.79 ↓ -95%
CIGNA EAP CIGNA $250.79 ↓ -95%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $250.79 ↓ -95%
GEHA UNITED HEALTHCARE $250.79 ↓ -95%
HEALTH PARTNERS HEALTH PARTNERS $265.42 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $271.69 ↓ -94%
MIDLANDS CHOICE MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $271.69 ↓ -94%
MEDICA MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $271.69 ↓ -94%
AUXIANT MIDLANDS CHOICE PPO $271.69 ↓ -94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE DEERE PREMIER $346.93 ↓ -93%
USA MANAGED CARE USA MANAGED CARE $355.29 ↓ -92%
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FOR YOURSELF $417.99 ↓ -91%
CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE CRIME VICTIMS $417.99 ↓ -91%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $417.99 ↓ -91%

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Augment injectable kit 3.0cc at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $12,252.92 $3,124.49 – $7,504.91
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $6,705.00 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $4,652.05 $149.22 – $417.99
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center New Hampton $4,420.00 $206.12 – $520.63
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville $4,652.05 $158.00 – $470.49
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton $4,652.05 $118.29 – $417.99
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein $4,652.05 $159.76 – $417.99
MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls $4,652.05 $98.23 – $417.99

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